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all these bastards calling for guns in schools need to be in a place where its dangerous to drop said soap...
that is nuts...but then again NC is in the 'south'...pathetic!
eventually this one will be a big winner...the numbers will force it...our quarterly dividend may be more than the share price someday if this keeps up though
you answered your own question in the previous post, even 'the good
guys' like obama and bloomberg are completely anti teacher and completely clueless... they say they are pro teacher but don't understand what their policies do to the actual classroom. bloomberg and obama are as rabidly pro testing/pro charter school as any republican, despite the overwhelming evidence that the latter does not do a better job that public schools and the former doesn't do what its designed to. They have ZERO educators on their advisory team, Arne Duncan has zero educators who have actually taught. they are both for corporate reform and they are all about profiting at all costs... both those guys, bought and sold by gates, the waltons, broad, dell etc... its freaking disgusting and the really disturbing thing is the republicans would have been far worse on education.
very interesting...thank you for posting that... i can tell you most of the time a kid that has severe emotional problems has a parent that greatly contributes to that problem or is the direct cause. very very rarely do you meet a well adjusted parent with a child with a emotional/behavioral issue... you do meet many nice parents that have kids with aspergers, however some make it much worse, some work with schools to greatly improve the childs education and social skills...but aspergers is something that you are born with... its not a mental illness
just replace ted nugent with 'majority of teabaggers'
hate to say it, but it sure as hell will not be any of my 4 if i can help it...if we are still living in the US by then anyways...
thats actually pretty close to what I experience on a daily basis, except as the teacher in a EBD classroom (emotionally/behaviorally disturbed) Usually between 7-12 students, usually one or more angry at any given time, if there are several angry its absolute chaos. Most of them are above average intelligence and way above average violence. Many are very large, one is close to 300 lbs, on Friday he split the lip open of one of my aides. BTW i get paid the same as a P.E. teacher or any other subject, even thought I must be certified in math, science, reading, social studies, writing and Rick Scott has made it so 1/2 my evaluation is based on their test taking ability...and the local district makes the other half based on 40+ robert marazano teaching principles. I do really well on the evaluations but i have to work 10x harder than most teachers and we are all put in constant danger. despite having two degrees, teaching an extra class, coaching and having 15+ years of teaching experience I don't even make 55k. Thats the real slap in the face, the folks who are with people's children every day, who are responsible for much of the knowledge and skill they have are paid far less than a UPS delivery driver and in the US get less respect. When I heard the stories of teachers sacrificing their lives in CT i thought that almost every teacher I knew would do the same....and the thoughts of bitterness arise in my mind and I think, what about my kids? Why do they have do do without all the time? If I sacrificed my life for my school kids, who would take care of them and my wife? I surely do not have faith in my fellow Americans in 2012.
i would NOT want to teach with a gun on me, anyone who thinks that is a good idea is a straight up stupid fuck, i can't say it any nicer... this and all politicians need to spend some time in a classroom, i mean weeks not a 20 minute photo op before they make ANY laws concerning education
the amount of resources america spends covering her oversized ass could pay for proper security at every school in the country...
angry and excellent...thanks... we need more righteous anger in this country...the nice decent people are too nice and decent apparently and we are letting the sharks swim in our kid's pool... time to get a harpoon
stupid bullshit, that sums all of this up exactly! thanks for posting that
I just don't get it. How can parents so rabidly support assault weapons, semi-auto's, high capacity mags? I would gladly give my right no own any of those to make our schools and streets a little safer. there isn't anything i wouldn't do to make my 4 kids safer and for that matter anybodies kids safer... just do a little search you can buy an AK, and UZI whatever the hell you want...they are made for killing Human Beings, not hunting
great point, in my thinking if you own a gun and haven't taken reasonable steps to ensure it doesn't fall into somones hands then you are culpable in the crimes they commit..and who in the HELL teaches their child with a mental illness to shoot a gun?
don't you DARE criticize a PRIVATE sector "job creator", they are all moral and good... and all PUBLIC workers are evil, lazy, and greedy... have you learned nothing from the right wing propaganda machine?
yep, all those union thugs sacrificing their very lives for someone else's children while all the job creators were doing the american thing, making money
why would you expect an educator to carry a weapon? stop your teabagging and fund schools properly so they can afford to put a police officer or security guard at each school
agree 100%... a shotgun racking has been shown to be the most intimidating noise for a criminal to hear
most of the cops i know carry the glock... its very popular with home defense people and law enforcement and its much cheaper than the american made s&w or colt... so i think its used just because there are so many more of them 'out there' than other models.. the shooter yesterday also had a sig and a bushmaster...
the glock is just one of many semi automatic pistols, just the most widely purchased one...
exactly, parents with mentally ill children just should not own guns... its really irresponsible... so many teenagers go through periods of temporary mental illness its really putting your children at risk to have a weapon they can access
they also called the grandmother of the shooter and mother of his first victim, a very old lady... what did they want from her? sickening... our society is sick
good, i hope any reporter trying to contact them gets hauled in and charged with harassment.
this is just further proof that Republicans only care about babies when they are in their mothers, they don't give a flying fuck about children. never mind that 20 children were slaughtered yesterday, don't touch our guns...disgusting beyond words
i would bet the house he was offered huge financial gifts for ramming this through bs bill. he will become very very wealthy for this sell out of the michigan people... i actually grew up in michigan, really sad that they have joined in with this anti poor and middle class movement so prevalent in the south
Principal's are educators, not security guards
exactly....
that explains a lot doesn't it?
we should be close or already bringing in rev. could get exciting quick.... i am in it for the long haul here
you don't see 1/3 of a million dollars on one bid in the penny market too often! huge interest building up here!
took some profits did you? good for you. i am holding still since we are all being transparent
that is true for me at fidelity... check with your broker
pssst, you're going to be rich
exactly, any volume of a significant nature and this would explode
yep, its a pretty disgusting thing making little kids 'compete' to determine winners and LOSERS at such a young age, especially when some folks come to school 90 meters ahead in a 100 meter race! Education is for the betterment of all in society and must be collaborative rather than competitive
and btw, my wife's cousins kids go to Reagan HS, the one mentioned in that article
Potash has promise as demand from the developing world gains pace
Delian Naydenov | October 31, 2012
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Introduction
With the price of potash rising to $900 and then stabilizing at over $400 per ton in the past few years from about $100 just ten years ago, the potash industry has become more important. This article will look at the dynamics of the potash industry in the past five years, including demand and supply for potash, major events and companies, and new developments. At the end it will attempt to forecast where the industry is going in the foreseeable future.
History, Usage, And Prices
Potash contains potassium, which is one of the three main agricultural fertilizers (the other two are phosphorus and nitrogen). Potash has been derived from organic plant ashes for centuries (hence the name pot-ash). In 1808, chemists derived potash from caustic potash by way of electrolysis. Potash is used in fertilizing agricultural land and also to a lesser extent in animal feed supplements, water filtration, aluminum recycling, snow and ice melting, and soap making. When added to crops, potash improves the water retention, nutrients, yield, and pest resistance of plants. The major importers of potash are United States, China, Brazil, and India.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that 2011 worldwide potash production was 37 million metric tons, up 9.8% from 2010. Due to rising demand for potash, the price of this important fertilizer has been relatively volatile in the past five years. It reached a high of $900 per ton and it seems to have stabilized at its current price of about $475 per ton. According to industry data, historical potash prices, before the last several years, have been historically low, rarely rising above $200 per ton, and with little volatility. At one point, the European Union instituted anti-dumping tariffs to protect its own potash industry from cheap imports from Belarus and Russia, which it ended in mid-2011. After prices quadrupled for a short time period in the last decade, the stock prices of many of the potash producers increased, there were merger and acquisition deals, and it became feasible for new companies to explore potash resources around the world.
While the price of potash has fallen from its highs, it has stabilized at about $475 or more than 300% higher from where the price was before the sudden rise began. It is likely that this will be the new low for potash prices and with this come more mining projects, which were not feasible at prices under $200 per ton.
Majors
The major suppliers of potash are relatively few companies located in Canada (which has nearly half of the world potash reserves), Russia, Belarus, Brazil, and Israel. The six largest producers of potash and their estimated potash production for 2011 are as follow:
Uralkali (London: URKA) with 10.8 million tons;
PotashCorp of Saskatchewan (POT) with 9.3 million tons ;
Mosaic (MOS) with 9.2 million tons;
Belaruskali (joint stock company) with 8.8 million tons;
K+S Group (Frankfurt: DWS) with about 7 million tons; and
ICL Group (Tel Aviv: ICL) with 4.3 million tons.
The major potash marketing and export companies are Canpotex, for the Canadian-based PotashCorp, Mosaic, and Agrium, which was established in 1970. Uralkaili and Belaruskali established in 2005 the Belarusian Potash Company with a similar purpose as Canpotex. Both Canpotex and Belarusian Potash Co. control over 70% of the potash market.
Due to the increase in demand and subsequently the prices for potash, there were a number of mergers and attempted mergers involving the largest potash producers. The largest (unsuccessful) acquisition was attempted by the Australian BHP Billiton (BHP). In 2010, it proposed to acquire PotashCorp for $39 billion but the offer was rejected by both the Canadian authorities and PotashCorp management. Canadian politicians feared that BHP Billiton will reduce the revenue stream to the Saskatchewan province while the management believed the offer was too low. Even the Chinese were against the deal as they feared that an acquisition would increase potash prices and tried to make a counter-bid for PotashCorp. Later, in 2010, Uralkali merged with Silvinit (both of Russia) to create one of the largest potash company, Uralkali. Moving further West, the German company K+S purchased a Canadian junior potash miner, Potash One.
Minors
The potash industry in the U.S. is also getting some action. In 2012, Yara (Oslo: YAR), a global fertilizer company based in Norway, invested in IC Potash in exchange for 30% of IC Potash (Toronto: ICP) production in its New Mexico project, Ochoa. Currently, the largest U.S. potash producer is Intrepid Potash (IPI), which supplies about 9% of the U.S. demand for potash. The company was established in 2000 and went public in April of 2008. Intrepid estimates it will produce about 800,000 tons of Potash from its three mines in Utah and New Mexico in 2012.
Due to a federal law limiting possession up to 96,000 acres per state per entity for potash mining there are three companies currently exploring for potash in the Holbrook Basin in Arizona. Passport Potash (OTC Market: PPRTF) is expected to complete its preliminary economic assessment in early 2013 and start production in 2016. It recently signed a letter of cooperation with the Hopi tribe, which will allow Passport Potash to include their land in its preliminary economic assessment. The other two major players in the Holbrook Basin of Arizona are Prospect Global Resources (PGRX) and HNZ Potash (privately held). Passport Potash is valued at five times less than Prospect Global although the companies have comparable resources in the Holbrook Basin.
Similarly, with the price of potash rising from its multi-decade lows, a company in the UK, Sirius Minerals (London: SXX), is starting potash exploration at the York Potash project and as of September of 2012, the company has started planing to build a mine. In Ethiopia, Allana Potash (OTC: ALLRF) of Canada obtained a preliminary economic assessment in late 2011 and is expected to produce about one million metric tons per year for an estimated mine life of 30 years. Similarly, ICL of Israel and Arab Potash Company of Jordan are ramping up production of potash.
New Majors
In the past couple of years the major potash companies have began to expand their capabilities and also non-potash miners are becoming more interested in potash. A major focus is again the Saskatchewan province. In 2011, Rio Tinto (RIO) of UK and Acron (Moscow: AKRN) of Russia agreed to explore jointly for potash in the province. Later in 2011, K+S decided to advance a multi-billion potash project in southern Saskatchewan. And Agrium (AGU) is spending $1.5 billion to expand its brownfield mines. Even BHP is building its own mine in Saskatchewan, following its failed bid for PotashCorp.
Expectations
In conclusion, following an increased volatility and reaching record highs in the past five year, the price of potash seems to have stabilized above $400 per metric ton. A number of potash deposits, which were not feasible to develop are gaining increased interest. In addition, existing mines are ramping up their capacity and other fertilizer and mining companies are trying to enter the potash production industry. According to the International Fertilizer Industry Association, demand will rise approximately by 4.7% through 2015. With a rising demand for potash from emerging economies and need for more efficient farming, the expected increase in supply should be able to meet this new demand. Investors looking to invest in mining stocks should consider the less risky majors and riskier minor potash producers.
http://www.mining.com/potash-has-promise-as-demand-from-the-developing-world-gains-pace-71980/
Only country to resist colonization:
Showing Clearly the geographical boundaries of Northern Africa:
Predominately Christian:
Definition of Sub Saharan African:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. Politically, it consists of all African countries that are fully or partially located south of the Sahara (excluding Sudan).[2] It contrasts with North Africa, which is considered a part of the Arab world. Somalia, Djibouti, Comoros and Mauritania are geographically part of Sub-Saharan Africa, but also part of the Arab world.[3][4]
North Africa, Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.[1] Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and often Mauritania are the Maghreb or Maghrib, while Egypt and Sudan are referred to as Nile Valley. Egypt is a transcontinental country by virtue of the Sinai Peninsula, which is in Asia. North Africa also includes a number of Spanish possessions, Ceuta and Melilla (tiny Spanish exclaves or islets off the coast of Morocco). The Canary Islands and the Portuguese Madeira Islands, in the North Atlantic Ocean northwest of the African mainland, are sometimes included in considerations of the region.[2]
I like how you choose Thanksgiving to get on a stock board and talk trash. I guess we now know what you are thankful for. I guess all the hate has driven everyone out of your life and you deserve that
no, ever heard of sub Saharan Africa? everything north of that is north Africa, everything south is SSA... arabs in north africa, mixed in Africa, Christian in Ethiopia